Southdown House

Southdown House is a Grade II* listed building in Patcham, Brighton and Hove, England. It is a Georgian house made out of brick and flint, and is now situated at 51 Old London Road.[1][lower-alpha 1]

Southdown House in 2009.

History

The exact date of the construction of Southdown House is unknown, however it is believed to have been built in the early eighteenth century, in a cluster of thirteen buildings in Patcham. The house is in the largest cluster of eighteenth century buildings in Brighton and Hove.[2] The two-storey house was built out of brick and flint, and contains five bays.[3] Originally, the house had adjacent stables, which were converted into a house in the twentieth century; that building is now a Grade II listed building.[1][2][4] In 1906, the house is recorded as being owned by a Major Howard Vyse Welch, who was a judge at that year's Sussex County Show, and fought in the East Surrey Regiment during the First World War.[5][6][7] The house was later owned by a man named Eric Poore, who died in 1953; at the time, the estate was valued at £30,104.[8] The house became a Grade II* listed building in 1952, and a late nineteenth or early twentieth century lamppost outside the property was listed as a Grade II listed building in 1999.[9][10]

Notes

1. Formerly London Road.

References

1. "The streets of Brighton & Hove". Brighton History. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
2. Harris, Roland B. "Brighton & Hove Historic Character Assessment Report" (PDF) (pdf). Brighton and Hove City Council. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
3. Nairn, Ian; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1965). Sussex. Yale University Press. p. 459. ISBN 0300096771. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
4. Historic England. "49, Old London Road (1380629)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
5. "The Sussex County Show". Sussex Agricultural Express. 21 July 1906. p. 11. Retrieved 30 May 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "The London Gazette, 10 November, 1914" (PDF). The London Gazette (pdf). 10 November 1914. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
7. "Major Howard Vyse WELCH. The East Surrey Regiment". The National Archives. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
8. ""My Curse on Tax Inspectors", He Didn't Like England Either". Derry Journal. 9 November 1953. p. 5. Retrieved 30 May 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
9. Historic England. "Southdown House and Attached Walls and Piers and Railings (1380631)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
10. Historic England. "Lamp Post Opposite 51 London Road (1380634)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 May 2016.